# Accident 19930625020439A: Ogden OSPREY, Canon City, CO, June 25, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1993, 09:30 local time
- Place: Canon City, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4419° N, 105.2209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cañon City, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4419&lon=-105.2209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85Z-1995-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siewert Irving OSPREY GP-4 (registry code 95708CR, https://openairdocs.org/model/siewert-irving-osprey-gp-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: OGDEN OSPREY
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 8 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930625020439A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BROKE UP INFLIGHT. CANOPY HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SEPARATED. BOGAS LATCH AND PLEXIGLASS USED. CANOPY HIT STABILIZER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN93LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA069), Jun 25, 1993: Irving Siewert Osprey GP-4 (N85Z), Canon City, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE BY THE PILOT/BUILDER TO FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS AND THE USE OF IMPROPER MATERIALS DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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